Description of the attraction
All the names of Moscow toponyms with the word "Sushchevsky" came from the name of the former Moscow region village of Sushcheva, located along the Dmitrovsky tract. After the village was incorporated into Moscow, the Old and New Sushchevsky settlements were formed. And Sushchevo became completely Moscow after the fire of 1812, when the burnt-out capital began not only to be rebuilt, but also to expand in breadth.
There were several Orthodox churches on the Sushchevo lands. In the 17th century there were four of them, including the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, built almost at the very end of the century. This wooden church was built in 1696 with funds donated by the merchant Ivan Viktorov. Less than twenty years later, the church was rebuilt in stone. At the same time, a chapel was built, consecrated in honor of St. Andrew the First-Called. In the 30s of the XIX century, on the other side of the church, a chapel was erected in honor of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow". A bell tower was also erected next to the temple. About a hundred years later, a side-altar appeared at the temple in honor of Seraphim of Sarov.
The temple icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God was painted at about the same time when the first building of the temple was being erected. In the 30s of the last century, when the church was closed by the Bolsheviks, the icon was transferred to the Church of St. Pimen the Great and kept there until 1993 - until its return to the newly consecrated church on Tikhvin Street.
In 1812, the church was desecrated and plundered. The restoration of its former splendor continued almost until the 1917 revolution itself. In 1922, the temple lost its values, and in the 30s it was closed. The inside of the building was rebuilt with partitions, and workshops were housed in it.
In the 90s, restoration work began in the temple. The church building on Tikhvinskaya street was recognized as an architectural monument
